08. Hōjō Masako

Known to history as the Shogun Nun, Hōjō Masako’s rise to power in Medieval Japan tends to be overshadowed by her husband and Japan’s first official Shogun, Minamoto no Yoritomo. Yet, long after her husband died and she shaved her head in the style of Japanese widows of the time, Masako remained a formidable and ruthless figure in the Kamakura shogunate. Thanks to this Difficult Damsel, the Hōjō Clan would go on to rule the shogunate 100 years after her death. Also in this episode, Rachel and Kat start their own Therapy Treehouse.